Postings of poems by the Greek poet Yannis Ritsos in English translation. This blog, launched in 2009 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth, continues now after a two year break. All translations (and mistranslations) are by Scott King unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
If I Knew
Yannis Ritsos
Yellow sky, black moon. If I knew what shirt you were wearing, if I knew where you were sitting, the sky and my voice wouldn't be the same.
from Small Dedications (1960-1965) [Collected Poems Delta' -- pg 137]
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